cadnaan1 Posted August 28, 2014 Somalia took its maritime border dispute with Kenya to the United Nations' top court on Thursday, which could decide the fate of potentially lucrative oil and gas reserves off east Africa. The dispute has been simmering for years, keeping INVESTORS away because of the lack of legal clarity over who owns potential offshore oil and gas reserves. The internationally-backed government in Mogadishu is seeking to claw back authority over Somalia's territorial waters, including the area bordering Kenya that is potentially rich in oil and gas deposits. Kenya, which has had troops in southern Somalia since 2011, first as an invading force and then as part of an African Union peacekeeping force, lays CLAIM to a triangle of water stretching for more than 100,000 square kilometres (40,000 square miles) that Mogadishu also CLAIMS. Nairobi has already awarded exploration contracts to international firms despite the legal uncertainty. "Somalia requests the court 'to determine, on the basis of international law, the complete course of the single maritime boundary dividing all the maritime areas appertaining to Somalia and to Kenya in the Indian Ocean'," the International Court of Justice (ICJ) said in a statement. Somalia, which lies to the north of Kenya, wants the maritime border to continue along the line of THE LAND border, to the southeast. Kenya however wants the sea border to go in a straight line east, giving it more sea territory. Both countries have recognised the court's jurisdiction, the ICJ said, a prerequisite for cases there to continue. "Diplomatic negotiations, in which their respective views have been fully exchanged, have failed to resolve this disagreement," the ICJ quoted Somalia as saying in its APPLICATION. Kenya's large military presence in Somalia is part of the African Union force supporting the country's fragile government. Cases at the Hague-based court can take years. Established in 1945, the ICJ is the UN's highest judicial body and the only one of five principal UN bodies not located in New York. http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Somalia-sues-Kenya-at-top-UN-court-over-maritime-border/-/1056/2434020/-/4jpvppz/-/index.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
malistar2012 Posted August 29, 2014 Kenyans are dreaming well done by the Somali Gov no ....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ElPunto Posted August 29, 2014 They are acting like a country protecting interests rather than the usual money grab. I wonder what is the likely resolution. I'm assuming if Kenya thought it can win - it would take the case up already. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cadnaan1 Posted August 30, 2014 sida sawirkan ka muuqato kenya waxa ay wado waagardaro dhul badeedka ay sheeganayso waxay ku jirtay gudaha xadka somalia. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nuune Posted August 30, 2014 A win for Kenya indeed, by admitting, and submitting a letter, and also recognizing a court's outcome, you have given up your territorial waters to another country, President Hassan would be responsible of this, and he will be remembered as the biggest traitor of all times. All he supposed to do was: no exploration on Somalia's territorial waters, and no dispute to what was already part of Somalia. Court verdict = Kenya's annexation of Somalia's territorial waters. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cadnaan1 Posted August 30, 2014 nuune sida aan wada ognahay markii horeba xad babdeed la aqoonsanayahay oo somalia iyo kenya ma jirin somalia wax bay sheegan jirtay kenyana sidoo kale laakiin wax internationally la aqoonsanayahy ma jirto maxkamadana marwalba lama huraan ayey aheed inay isla aadaan si for once xal looga gaaro arintan. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
